JGSB PYTHON WORKSHOP
Directed by Kerry Back
Rice University
https://workshop.kerryback.com
2025-09-06
Workshop Materials
Go to https://workshop.kerryback.com
Open the slide deck so you can access the links in it
Zip file will be discussed in a moment
Mentis
Why Python?
Data analysis, including machine learning
Automate things
Example from MGMT 675:
Cost of Equity App
The app is written entirely in python.
All of the python code was written by AI.
Get Started
You need a Google account.
You need to
install Google Drive
Drive should appear as a folder on your laptop. In Windows Explorer, it is under
This PC
Create a new folder **This PCDriveDrive*
Download the zip file linked on
workshop.kerryback.com
to
This PCDriveDrive
.
Extract all of the files to **This PCDriveDrive*
Respond to the Menti when you are ready to move on or if you are stuck.
Open Colab
Go to
https://colab.research.google.com
You should be looking at an
Open Notebook
screen
Choose
Google Drive
Find and open
Part1_Colab.ipynb
If for any reason you are unable to use Google Drive, open
Part1 Colab
at
workshop.kerryback.com
Respond to the Menti when you are ready to move on or if you are stuck
Plan for the Workshop
This is the last slide
We will work through notebooks together
Respond to the Menti if you get stuck or when you finish a notebook
Each notebook suggests things you can do while waiting for others to finish
When everyone is finished, we will discuss and then move on together to the next notebook